FIRE  ORDINANCES 


OF  THE 


CITY  OF  CHICAGO, 


PUBLISHED   BY   ORDER 


OF  THE 


BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS, 

MARCH,   1872. 


CHICAGO: 


1872. 


FIRE  ORDINANCES 


OF  THE 


CITY  OF  CHICAGO, 


PUBLISHED   BY  ORDER 


OF  THE 


BOARD  OP  PUBLIC  WORKS, 


MARCH,   1872. 


CHICAGO: 

JAMESON  &  MORSE,  PRINTERS,  240  EAST  MADISON  STKKKT. 
1872. 


Fire  Ordinances  of  the 


27  lots  to  the  south  line  of  the  lote  fronting  north 

28  on  West  Van  Buren  street ;    thence  west  along 

29  the  south  line  of  said  lots  to  the  west  line  of  the  lots 

30  fronting  east  on  Western  avenue;  thence  north 

31  along  the  west  line  of  said  lots  to  the  north  line 

32  of  the  lots  fronting  south  on  West  Lake  street : 

33  thence  east  along  the  north  line  of  said  lots  to  the 

34  west  line  of  the  lots  fronting  east  on  Ashland  av- 

35  enue;  thence  north  along  the  west  line  of  said  lots  to 

36  the  north  line  of  the  lots  fronting  south  on  West 

37  Indiana  street ;  thence  east  along  the  north  line 

38  of  said  lots  to  the  west  line  of  the  lots  fronting  east 

39  on  North  Carpenter  street;  thence  north  along 

40  the  west  line  of  said  lots  to  the  north  line  of  the 

41  lots  fronting  south  on  Chicago  avenue ;    thence 

42  east  along  the  north  line  of  said  lots  to  the  west 
No^PhMon    43  line  of  the  lots   fronting  east  on  North  Wells 

44  street ;  thence  north  along  the  west  line  of  said 

45  lots  to  a  point  125  feet  southwest  of  the  inter- 

46  section  of  said  North  Wells  street  with  Lincoln 

47  avenue ;  thence  northwesterly  along  a  line  125 

48  feet  from,  and  parallel  to,  said  Lincoln  avenue 

49  to  the  centre  of  Fullerton  avenue;  thence  east 

50  on  the  centre  line  of  said  avenue  to  Lake  Mich- 

51  igan ;  thence  southerly,  bounded  by  Lake  Mich- 

52  igan,  to  the  place  of  beginning.     The  lot  lines 

53  herein  mentioned  shall  be  taken   and  held  to 
fine./"68     B"  54  be  the  lines  of  said  lots,  as  shown  by  the  re- 

55  corded  plat  or  plats  thereof. 

56  No  building  shall  hereafter  be  erected  within 
Building  For-     57  said  fire  limits  unless  a  permit  for  the  erection 

nine.   *      >r  58  thereof  shall  have  first  been  obtained  from  the 

59  Board  of  Public  Works  of  said  city :  Provided, 

60  however,  that  the  fee  for  issuing  such   permit 

61  shall  not  exceed  50  cents. 

62  Whenever  the  owners  of  a  majority  of  the 
i'n>.v,,iin-s  to    63  street  frontage  of  any  block  or  square,  which  is 

exfn.i  Fire    64  not  included  within  the  fire  limits  as  prescribed 

65  by  this  ordinance,  shall  present  to  the  Board  of 


City  of  Chicago. 


66  Public  Works  of  said  city  a  plat  of  such  block  " 

67  or    square    designating    the  owners  (if  known)     [l 

68  of  each  and  every  lot,  or  part  thereof,  together     Put..  Work* 

69  with    a    statement  in  writing,    signed   by  the 

70  owners  (or  their  lawful  attorneys)  of  a  majority 

71  of  such  street  frontage  stating,  the  fact  of  such 

72  ownership,  and  that  they,  such  owners,  desire 

73  that  such   block  or  square  shall  be    included 

74  within  the  "  fire  limits  "  of  said  city,  it  shall  be 

75  the  duty  of  said  Board  to  investigate  the  said 

76  statement,  and  if  they  find  that  such  statement 

77  has  been  signed  by  a  majority  of  the  owners  (or 

78  their  lawful  attorneys)  of  the  street  frontage  of 

79  said  block  or  square,  the  said  Board  shall  so 

80  certify  on  such  written    statement,   and    shall  lk»,!il  ^"'pi 

81  cause  such  statement  and  plat  to  be  filed  in  the     ^ithcityci 

82  City  Clerk's  office. 

83  The  City  Clerk  shall  thereupon  give  a  notice  <  iu-  <'i,.,k  t<, 

84  in  the  corporation  newspaper  that  such  block  or     athvrt 

85  square   has    been    admitted   within   the    "fire 

86  limits"  of  said  city,  and  is  subject  to  the  pro- 

87  visions  of  this  ordinance. 

88  Upon  the  filing  of  such  statement  and  plat 

89  (so  certified)  with  the  City  Clerk,  and  the  pub- 

90  lication  of  such  notice  for  the  same  time  as 

91  required  for  the  publication  of  this  ordinance, 

92  the  fire  limits  of  the  city  shall  be  held  to  be 

93  extended  so  as  to  include  such  block  or  square, 

94  and  all  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 

95  extend  to  and  be  in  force  so  far  as  such  block 

96  or  square    is  concerned. 

97  SEC.   2.     No  building    or  structure  of   any 

98  kind  or  description  shall  be  erected  or  constructed  construction 

99  within  the  fire  limits,  as  defined  in  section  1  of 

100  this  ordinance,  unless  the    outside  and    party 

101  walls  thereof  shall  be  composed  of  brick,  stone, 

102  iron,  or  other  incombustible  material,   and  all 

103  buildings  which  shall,  or    may    hereafter,   be 

104  erected  or  constructed  within  said  five  limits, 


Fire  Ordinances  of  the 


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columns. 


105  shall  have  outside  wall  of  not  less  than  one 

106  foot  in  thickness;  and  if  any  building  shall 

107  be  more  than  two    stories  in    height  (above 

108  the   basement),  the  outside  walls  of  the  base- 

109  ment  and  first   story  shall  be    not  less  than 

110  16  inches  in  thickness;  and  the  walls  of  the 

111  stories  above  the  second  shall  not  be  less  than 

112  12  inches  in  thickness,  and,  with  the  excep- 

113  tion  of  the  front  wall,  shall  extend  at  least  12 

114  inches  above  the  roof. 

115  Provided,  that  buildings  erected  and  used  as 

116  dwellings  only  may  be  constructed  with  walls 

117  in  all  cases  four  inches  less  in  thickness  than 

118  is  hereby  above  specified  ;  and  provided  further, 

119  that  any  building,  cottage,  or  barn,  one  story 

120  in  height,  may  be  built  with  walls  not  less  than 

121  eight  inches  thick,  and  that  brick  buildings  of 

122  one  story,  not  exceeding  16   feet  in  height. 

123  with  walls  resting  on  wooden  sills  placed  not 

124  to   exceed  one  foot  above  the   ground,   may 

125  be   erected   on   streets   wliere    there   are    no 

126  sewers/ 

127  Every  building  hereafter  erected,  in  which 

128  partition  walls  supporting  floor  beams  may  be 

129  required,  except  churches,  theatres,  or  other 

130  public  buildings,  shall  have  one  or  more  stone, 

131  brick,   or    fire-proof   partition    w^alls,    which, 

132  when  built  of  brick,  may  be  four  inches  less 

133  in  thickness  than  as  first  above  specified;  pro- 

134  vided  they  are  not  more  than  60  feet  in  height, 

135  or,  in  place  of  walls,  there  shall  be  brick  piers. 

136  iron  or  wood  columns,  with  girders  sufficient 

137  to  carry  the  weights  of  the  floor  with  their 

138  super-imposed  weights. 

139  In  all  buildings,  over  25  feet  in  width,  and 

140  not  having    either    brick    partition    walls,   or 

141  girders  supported  by  columns    or  piers,   the 

142  walls    shall    be  increased  an   additional  four 

143  inches  in  thickness  for  every  additional  10  feet 


City  of  Chicago. 


144  in    width    of   said    building,    or    any   portion 

145  thereof.  tionToricoi 

146  In   every  brick  wall,   at  least  every  sixth     mnna  are  n°ot 

147  course,  shall  be  a  heading  course,  except  where 

148  Avails  are  faced  with  pressed  brick,  in  which 

149  case  every  fifth  course  shall  be  bonded  into 

150  the  backing,  by  cutting  the  course  of  the  face     structmg 

151  brick  and  putting  in  diagonal  headers  behind 

152  the  same,  or  by  splitting  the  face  brick  in  half, 

153  and  backing  the  same  by  a  continuous  course  Heading  conr- 

154  of  headers.  In  all  walls  that  are  faced  with  their 

155  ashlar  anchored  to  the  backing,   or   in  which 

156  the  ashlar  has  not  either  alternate  headers  and 

157  stretchers  in  each  course,  or  alternate  heading 

158  and  stretching  courses,  the  backing  of  brick 

159  shall  not  be   less  than  twelve  inches  thick. 

160  The  backing  in  all  walls,  of  whatever  material  m£3?g£ 

161  it  may  be  composed,  shall  be  of  such  thickness     Faced  waiis. 

162  as  to  make  the  walls,  independent  of  facing, 

163  conform,  as  to  thickness,  with  the  requirements 

164  of  this  ordinance.     The  full  thickness  of  iron 

165  fronts  shall  be  filled  in  with  brick  work. 

166  All  posts,  beams  and  other  timbers  in  outside 

167  and  party  walls  of  buildings  in  said  fire  limits 

168  shall  be  separated  at  least  eight  inches  from 

169  each  other,  with  stone  or  brick,  laid  in  mortar 

170  or  cement. 

171  No  building  which  may  be  erected  within  the. 

172  fire  limits  shall  have  any  bay  or  oriel  window,  Bay  windows. 

173  constructed  of  wood,  extending  over  three  feet 

174  above    the    floor   of  the   third  story  of  said 

175  building;    and   no  cornice   of  wood  shall  be  cornices. 

176  placed  on  any  building  over  two  stories   in 

177  height,  not  counting  the  basement  (if  any)  as 

178  one  story.     All  chimneys  shall  be  carried  at  chimney.-*. 

179  least  three  feet  above  the  roof.     Felt,  tar  or 

180  composition  roofing  may  be  allowed  in  the  con-     used  L  °on- 

181  struction  and  erection  of  buildings  within  the 

182  fire  limits  ;  provided  such  felt  shall  be  covered 


8  Fire  Ordinances  of  the 

183  with  distilled  roofing  cement,  or  other  equally 

184  non-inflammable    material,   and  well    covered 

185  with  gravel,  or  other  non-combustible  material. 
jfiviu-h  or  M«m-  186       If  a  French  or  Mansard  roof  be  placed  on 

>ard  K.M.r.  187  any  building,  the  same  shall  be  constructed,  as 
188  to  its  outside  surface,  of  fire  proof  or  non- 
189  ignitable  material. 

190  SEC.  3.     That  no  building  within  said  fire 

191  limits  not  constructed  and  built  as  provided  in 

192  section  two  of  this  ordinance,  except  those  now 

Buildings  not  to   -n,    .  i     n   i  *  •       i  •    f  i     • 

be  occupied  for  l^o  in  use,  snail  hereafter  be  occupied  or  used,  in 
5  business. 8  194  whole  or  in  part,  as  or  for  any  of  the  trades, 

195  occupations,   or   businesses   hereinafter    men- 

196  tioned,  to  wit:  Planing  mills,  sash,  door,  and 

197  blind   factories,    carpenter    or    cooper  shops, 

198  wagon  or  carriage  manufactories,   cabinet  or 

199  furniture    manufactories,    wood-turning     and 

200  veneering  works,  agricultural  implement  man- 

201  ufactories,  box  or  shingle  factories,  siding  mills, 

202  resawing  or  saw  mills,  kilns  for  seasoning  lum- 

203  ber,  by  any  other  process  than  steam  or  natural 

204  heat,  and  that  in  a  fireproof  vault  or  building 

205  of  the  same  nature.      No  business,   whether 
Fireproof-vaults  ^6  now  established  or  hereafter  commenced,  shall 

to  be  construe-  207  be  conducted  or  carried  on  within  the  specified 
ing  &  burning  208  fire  limits  in  which  shavings  or  light  combusti- 
buiSng\"here  209  ble  material  is  made,  unless  there  is  constructed 
Lierefu"ebissti'  ^10  in  connection  with  every  such  establishment 
made.  211  or  manufactory  a  brick  or  fire-proof  vault  or 

212  furnace,  in  which  all  shavings,  sawdust,  chips, 

213  or  other  light  combustible  refuse  may  be  de- 

214  posited  and  burned  without  endangering  the 

215  works  in  which  it  is  made,  or  the  surrounding 

216  property ;     and     all     such     refuse    shall     be 

217  promptly  removed  from  the  works  and  prem- 

218  ises,  either  by  burning  the  same  or  drawing  it 

219  it  away,  and  shall  not  be  allowed  to  accumu- 

220  late,  either  in  the  works  or  on  the   premises 

221  unless  stored  in  a  fire-proof  vault,  where  the 


City  of  Chicago. 


'I'l'l  same    may  burn   without    causing    alarm    or 

223  danger  to  any  other  property.       The  manufac-  Manufacture  of 

=   P  J  •,•         }?  i        ii        v   O.-TI  Ammunition, 

224  ture  01  set  ammunition,  lire-works,  the  distilla-     coai  on,  EX- 

225  tion  or  manufacture  of  naptha,  coal,  or  other     p^^iM.'' 
•I'K  >  inflammable  oils;  the  manufacture  or  storage 

227  of   excelsior,   except   in   bales,  and  all   other 

22S  extra-hazardous    avocations,   are  hereby  pro- 

229  hibited  within  the  above  described  fire-limits. 

280  SEC.  4.     No  wooden  building  or   part   of  1{lli8lng>  cnlarg. 

281  building  within  the  fire-limits    prescribed   in     ging,  '«!»*- 

^P-,.  -,.  i_    11  i  t  mS  »nG  mov- 

'!•}'!  section  1  ot  this  ordinance  sliall  be  raised,  en-     ing  wooden 

288  larged,  or  repaired,  except  as  herein  provided  ; 

284  but  any  wooden  building  may  be  removed  from  B^S^S8ttS^e 

235  one  lot  to  another  lot  within  said  fire-limits,     be  appraised. 

236  provided  said  building  shall  be  determined  to 

237  be  worth  more  than   60  per  cent,  of  what  it 

238  would  cost  to  build   a  new  building  of  like 

239  character  ;  the   Mayor  and  Board  of  Public  Appraisal,  how 

240  Works  to  determine  the  value  of  said  building; 

241  provided,   further,  that  the  Board  of  Public 

242  Works   shall   cause   an    advertisement   to  be 

. 

243  inserted  in  the  corporation  newspaper  for  ten     tion  to  mo 

f   A-,  <»   ji  i     •          e  tobepublishVI 

244  days,  of  the  name  of  the  party  applying  for 

245  such  permit,  the  present  location  of  the  build- 

246  ing  to  be  moved,  and  the  lot  upon  which  it  is 

247  proposed  to  move  the  same,  and  in  each  case 

248  give  the  name  and  number  of  the  streets,  if 

249  possible;    and  all   remonstrances  against  the  '^o7i!fihTes 

250  granting  of  such  permit    must  be   filed  with 

251  the  Board  of  Public  Works  before  the  expira- 

252  tion  of  the  said  ten  days  ;  and  after  said  hear-  Hearing  to  in* 

253  ing  the  Mayor  and  said  Board  shall  have  the 

254  power  to  grant   such   permits.       The  parties 

255  applying    for    permits    shall    pay  the  cost  of  ^'''f,!^* 

256  the  advertisement  upon  the  application  for  the 

257  same,  but  no  wooden  building  shall  be  removed     not 

258  from  without  said  fire  limits  to  any  place  within     J^0  th' 

259  said  fire  limits;  nor  sliall  any  wooden  building 

260  within  said  fire  limits,  which  may  be  damaged  ^f 


ox  intcii- 


io  Fire  Ordinancss  of  the 

261  less   than   50   per   cent,    of  the  value,   be  so 
Raising  to  gnwio  262  repaired  as  to  be  raised  higher  than  the  highest 

263  point  left  standing  after  such  damage  shall  have 

264  occurred,  nor  so  as  to  occupy  a  greater  space 

265  than  before  the  injury  thereto:  Provided,  £\\&i 

266  the  owners  or  occupants  of  buildings  within 

267  the  fire  limits  shall  have  the  right  to  raise 

268  wooden  buildings  to  the  established  grade,  and 

269  also  to  build  basements  or  cellars  of  brick  or 

270  stone  under  the  buildings  so  raised  to  grade. 

^*  ^E°*   5*        ^^    8eCtlOnS    1,   2,    3,   4,   5,  and  7 

272  of  the  chapter  hereby  amended,  and  all  ordi- 

273  nances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 

274  with  this  ordinance,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 

275  repealed,  and  that  the  ordinance  passed  May 

276  12,  1869,  repealing  section  21  of  said  chapter 

277  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed,  and  said  sec- 
Be-enactraentof  278  tion  21  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  reordained 

o6C.    Zl   01   OKI     ^fc_ .-.  -,  i  .  i          -i  i 

ordinance.      279  and  restored  as  fully  as  if  the  same  had  not  been 
Penalties.          280  repealed,  and  that  the  fines  and  penalties  of 

281  section  9  of  said  chapter  9  shall  be  extended 

282  to  and  apply  to  all  violations  of  the  provisions 

283  of  this  ordinance. 

284  SEC.  6.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor, 

285  Board  of  Public  Works,  and  Board  of  Police 

286  Commissioners   to   enforce   the  provisions  of 

287  this  ordinance,    and   of  the    chapter    hereby 

288  amended. 

Enforcement  of  289       SEC.  7.     This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force 

this  Ordinance.    ^ -,/->/,  -IP          •  11  i  T       .• 

from  and  alter  its  passage  and  due  publication. 
Passed,  February,  1872. 


City  of  Chicago. 


PORTIONS  OF  THE  OLD  ORDINANCE 
STILL  IN  FORCE. 


ghed, 


for 


291  CHAP,  ix,   SEC.  6.     Sheds   not   exceeding 

292  twelve  feet  in  height  at  the  peak  or  highest 

293  part  thereof,  and  privies  not  exceeding  ten  feet 

294  square  and  twelve  feet  in  height  at  the  peak, 

295  may  be  constructed  of  wood  and  shall  not  be 

296  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter:  Pro-          mC 

297  vided,  that  the  term  "shed"  be  so  construed    deftned. 

298  as  to  mean  a  structure  with  a  roof  sloping  one 

299  way,  with  one  or  more  sides  of  said  structure 

300  entirely  open.      But  all  depositories  for  ashes 

301  within  or  without  the  fire  limits,  shall  be  built 

302  of  brick   or  other  fire-proof  material,  without 
•  303  wood  in  any  part  thereof. 

304  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  8.     The  amount  or  extent  how 

305  of  damage  that  may  be  done  to  any  building    found. 

306  may  be  determined  by  three  disinterested  per-  See  also  Sec.  4, 

307  sons,  residents  of  the  city,  one  of  whom  shall    i**1 

308  be  selected  by  the  owner  of  the  building,  the 

309  second  by  the  Mayor  or  any  two  members  of 

310  the  Committee  on  Fire   and  Water,  and  the 

311  two  so  chosen  shall   select  a  third;    and   the 

312  decision  of  the  persons  so  appointed,  shall  be 

313  final  and  conclusive;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  feponBeg  of  ap 

314  of  the  owner  of  any  building,  before  said  refer-    pmfaai,  ho 

315  ence  is  made,  to  deposit  with  the  city  clerk  the 

316  sum  of  six  dollars,  which  sum  shall  be  applied 

317  to  the  payment  of  reference  expenses,  and  the 


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Fire  Ordinances  of  the 


Penalties  fur  vi- 
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foregoing  pro- 


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Stove  pipe  to 
Conduct  into 
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318  remainder,  if  any,   shall  be   returned  to  such 

319  owner. 

320  CHAP,  ix,  SKC.  9.     Any  owner,  builder,  or 

321  other  person,  who    shall     own,  build    or    aid 

322  in    the    erection   of  any  building  or    part  of 

323  building  within  the  said  limits,  contrary  to,  or  in 

324  any  other  manner  than  authorized  by  the  pro- 
visions  of  this   chapter,    or   who    shall   own, 
remove,  or  assist  in  removing  any  such  building 

327  from  without  said  limits    into  the    same,  or 

328  own,  repair,  or  assist  in  repairing  any  damaged 

329  wooden  building,  contrary  in  either  case  to  any 
230  provision  of  this  chapter,  shall  be  subject  to  a 

331  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  and 

332  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  in  the  dis- 

333  cretion  of  the  court,  for  the  first  offence ;  and 

334  to  like  fine  for  every  forty-eight  hours  such 

335  person  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  provisions 

336  of  this  chapter,  or  continue  .in  the  violation 

337  thereof. 

338  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  10.     Any  wooden  building 

339  which  may  be  erected,  enlarged,  removed,  or 

340  repaired,  or  in  process  of  erection,   enlarge- 

341  ment,  removal,  or  repair,  contrary  to  this  chap- 

342  ter,  shall  be  deemed  a  nuisance ;  and  upon  in- 

343  formation,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of 

344  Public  Works,  after  twenty-four  hours'  notice  to 

345  the  owner,  occupant,  person  in  charge,  or  builder 

346  thereof,  to  abate  the  same,  to  raze  such  build- 

347  ing  to  the  ground.     The  expense  thereof  shall 

348  be  reported  by  the  said  board  to  the  commou 

349  council,  for  asessment,  or  may  be  collected  from 

350  the  owner  of  such  building  by  suit. 

351  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  11.     No  pipe  of  any  stove, 

352  or  Franklin,  shall  be  put  up,  unless  it  be  con- 

353  ducted  into  a  chimney  made  of  brick,  or  stone, 

354  and  any  person   putting  up  the  pipe  of  any 

355  stove,   or  Franklin,   contrary  to  this  section, 

356  shall,  for  every  such  offence,  forfeit  five  dollars. 


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357  and  the  further  sum  of  one  dollar  for  every 

358  twenty-four  hours  the  same  shall  remain  so  put 

359  up  after  notice    given  by  the  fire  marshal,  or 

360  any  assistant  marshal  to  remove  the  same. 

361  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  12.     No  lighted  candle,  or  ™^ 

362  lamp,  shall  be   used   in   any  stable,  or  other 

363  place  or  building,  where  hay,  straw,  or  other 

364  combustible  materials  shall  be  kept,  unless  the 

365  same  shall  be  well  secured  in  a  lantern,  under 

366  the 'penalty  of  two  dollars  for  each  offence; 

267  and  no  fire  shall  be  kept  in  any  stove,  or  other-  Fin.s. 

268  wise,  in  any  such  building,  or  any  room,  where 

369  such   combustible   material   is  kept,   under  a 

370  penalty  of  ten  dollars,  and  an  additional  pen-  Penalty. 

371  alty  of  five  dollars,  for  each  and  every  twelve 

372  hours  that  said  fire  shall  so  remain. 

373  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  13.     Every  person  keeping 

374  or  occupying  a  shop,  or  other  building,,  wherein  81l*0tIga^S: 

375  shavings,  or  other  combustible  materials  are     lowed  to  ac- 

376  made,  accumulated,  or  may  be  contained,  shall 

377  forfeit  the  sum  of  two  dollars  for  every  neg- 

378  lect  to  clear  or  remove  the  same  out  of  such 

379  buildings,  and  the  yards  belonging  thereto,  at 

380  least  three  times  in  each  week  :  Provided,  such 

381  buildings  are  situated  within  two  hundred  feet 

382  of  any  other  building ;  and  no  stove  shall  be  stoves  to  be  pro- 

383  used  in  any  such  shop,  or  building,  unless  the 

384  same  shall  be  set  in  a  box  surrounded  with  fire- 

385  proof  material  with  the  pipe  carefully  set  up 

386  according  to  the  provisions  hereof;    and  no 

387  lighted  candles  shall  be  used  in  any  such  shop,  L 

388  or  building,  except  they  be  placed  in  a  candle- 

389  stick  made  of  a  material  not  liable  to  take  fire,  p  ^  (U 

390  under  the   penalty  of  two   dollars   for   each 

391  offenee. 

392  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  14.    No  person  in  removing 

393  any  chips,  or  shavings,  or  other  combustible 

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t  materials,  shall  scatter,  or  strew  them   m   any     vin^s,  &c. 
395  street,  or  shall  at  any  time  direct,  permit,  or 


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suffer  any  chips,  shavings,  or  other  combustible 
matter,  to  be  taken  or  thrown,  or  scattered  on 
any  street  or  alley,  under  the  penalty  of  two 
dollars  for  every  offence. 

CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  15.  No  person  shall  carry 
fire  in  or  through  any  streel,  or  lot,  or  other 
public  or  private  place,  except  the  same  be 
placed  or  covered  in  some  close  or  secure  pan, 
or  other  vessel,  under  the  penalty  of  one  dol- 
lar for  each  offence. 

CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  16.  No  ashes  (except  at 
manufactories,  where  ashes  are  used),  shall  be 
kept  or  deposited  in  any  part  of  the  city,  except 
the  same  be  in  a  close  and  secure  vessel,  or  brick, 
or  stone  ash  room,  under  the  penalty  of  three 
dollars  for  each  offence,  and  a  further  penalty  of 
one  dollar  for  every  twenty-four  hours  the  same 
shall  thereafter  remain  so  kept  or  deposited. 

CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  17.  No  chimney  shall  be 
built  with  less  than  four  inches  thickness,  of 
brick,  or  stone,  completely  imbedded  in  lime 
mortar,  and  plastered  on  the  inside,  with  a 
smooth  coat  of  the  same.  No  flue  shall  in  any 
case  be  less  than  eight  by  eight  inches  ;  and  if 
intended  for  two  full  stories,  not  less  than  eight 
by  twelve  inches ;  and  for  three  stories  or  more, 
not  less  than  eight  by  sixteen  inches..  Holes 
for  stove  pipe  shall  have  a  sheet  iron  thimble, 
or  other  fire-proof  material  inserted  into  the 
chimney,  imbedded  in  mortar,  and  a  tin  or  sheet- 
iron  stopper,  with  a  flange  at  least  one  inch 
wide,  outside  of  the  brick.  Every  person  who 
shall  build  or  cause  to  be  built  a  chimney  con- 
trary to  this  section,  shall  for  every  such 
offence,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars ; 
and  every  owner  of  any  chimney  that  shall  be 
built  contrary  to  this  section,  shall  cause  the 
same  to  be  altered  within  ten  days  after  notice 
shall  be  given  by  the  fire  marshal,  or  any 


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435  assistant  marshal  so  to  do,  or  forfeit  the  sum 

436  of  ten  dollars,  and  also  ten  dollars  for  every  Penalty. 

437  month  thereafter,  so  long  as  said  chimney  shall 

438  remain  unaltered. 

439  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  18.     No  person  shall  build 

440  or  cause  to  be  built  a  chimney  resting  upon 

441  any  part  of  a  building  liable  to  settle,  unless  same. 

442  such  foundation  is  permanently  connected  with 

443  the  rafters  where  the  chimney  passes  through 

444  the  roof,  so  that  the  whole  may  settle  together, 

445  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  every  such 

446  offence,   and    a   further  sum    of    ten     dollars  penalty. 

447  for  every  week    it  shall    remain  after  notice 

448  given  by  the   fire  marshal,  or   any  assistant 

449  marshal,  to  alter  the  same. 

450  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  19.     No  chimney  shall  be 

451  commenced  in  any  loft,  unless  there  are  fixed 

452  stairs   leading  to  the  same,  easy  of  access  at 

453  all  times  ;  and  no  stove  pipe  shall  pass  through 

454  more  than  one  ceiling  before  entering  a  chimney, 

455  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offence, 

456  and  a  further  sum  of  two  dollars  for  every  Penalty. 

457  week  either  shall  remain,  after  notice  shall  be 

458  given   by  the  fire  marshal,  or  any   assistant 

459  marshal,  to  alter  the  same. 

460  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  20.   Stove  pipes  shall  not  be  stovepipes. 

461  less  than  four  inches  from  any  wood  or  other 

462  combustible  materials,  unless  there  is  a  double 

463  circle  of  tin  connected  together,  and  air  holes 

464  through  the  connecting  tin  between  said  pipe 

465  and  the  combustible  substance,  under  the  pen- 

466  alty  of  three  dollars,  and  the  sum  of  one  dol-  penalty. 

467  lar  for  every  three  days  it  shall  remain  after 

468  notice  from  the  fire  marshal,  or  any  assistant 

469  marshal,  to  alter  the  same. 

470  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  21.     All  chimneys  erected 

471  in  any  building  or  place,  within  the  city,  for  chimneys  for 

472  manufacturing  purposes  appertaining  to,  used     steani works. 

473  or  to  be  used  for  conveying  off  the  smoke  of 


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474  any  steam  boiler 

4T'">  firmly  and  substantially  built  of  brick  or  stone, 

47* >  and  shall  be  erected  to  the  height  of  not  less 

477  than  fifty-five  feet.      Any  person,  or  persons 

478  who  shall  build,  or  construct,  or  use,  or  occupy 

479  any  chimney  heretofore  or  hereafter  built,  for 

480  the  purpose  above  specified,  of  any  other  ina- 

481  terial,  or  in  any  other  manner  than  above  speci- 

482  fied,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars. 

483  CHAP.  ix.  SEC.  22.     No  person,  or  persons, 

484  shall   deposit,   or  stack,   any  hay,    straw,    or 

485  other  combustible  substance,  within  one  hun- 

486  dred  feet  of  any  dwelling  house,  barn,  stable, 

487  or  out  house,  or  building  of  any  description, 

488  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Chicago,  with- 

489  out  first  having  obtained  a  written  permission 

490  from  the  Mayor  and  both  the  alderman  of  the 

491  ward,  in  which  the  same  be  located,  under  a 

492  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offence. 

493  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  week  the  same  may 

494  remain  after  notice. 

495  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  23.     No  hay,  straw,  shav- 

496  ings,  or  other  combustible  matter  shall  be  set 

497  fire  to,   or  burned  within  any  street,   alley, 

498  public  or  private  gaound,  within  the  fire  limits 

499  of  the  city.     Nor  shall  any  strawr,  hay,  or  other 

500  combustible  matter  be  set  fire  to,  or  burned 

501  without  the  fire  limits  and  within  the  city, 

502  nearer  than  one  hundred  feet  to  any  house, 

503  fence,  barn,  shed,  or  wooden  buildings,  unless 

504  by  the  direct  permission  in  writing,  or  super- 

505  intendance  of  the  fire  marshal,  or  of  one  of 

506  the  assistant  marshals,  under  a  penalty  of  not 

507  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  twrenty 

508  dollars  for  eaeh  offence. 

509  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.   24.     No  lumber  yard,  for 

510  the  sale  of  lumber,  shall  l^e  kept  upon  any 

511  premises  within  the  fire  limits,  which  are  not 

512  now  occupied  for  that  purpose,  under  a  penalty 


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513  upon  the  person  or  persons  keeping  the  same, 

514  of  ten   dollars  for  every  offence,   and  a  like  ivnaity. 

515  penalty  for    every  week    the    same   shall    be 

516  allowed  to  remain. 

517  CHAP,  ix,  SEC.  25.      All  buildings  within 

518  the  city  having  hatchways,  hoistways,   cellar 

519  openings,  or  other  openings  leading  from  floor  iinidiways,  &c. 

520  to  floor  (except   properly  nrotected  skylights) 

521  of  whatever  name  or  description,  shall  be  pro- 

522  vided  with  good  and  substantial  shutters  or 

523  doors  for    all   of  such  hatchways,   hoistways, 

524  cellar  doors,  or  other  openings,  and  the  said 

525  shutters  or  doors  shall  be  kept  closed,  except 

526  when    in    actual    use,  from    the    hour  of  six 

527  o'clock,  P.  M.  to  six  o'clock,  A.  M.  of  each 

528  day.     All  persons  violating  any  or  either  of 

529  the   provisions  of  this   section  shall,  on  con- 

530  viction,  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  Penalty. 

531  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall 

532  also  in  addition  be  personally  liable  to  all  fire- 

533  men  or  persons,  in  damages  for  all  injuries  by 

534  reason  of  such  violation  or  neglect. 

535  SEC.  26.  If  any  person  having  charge  of  an  Misuse  of  Fire 

536  engine,  or  other  fire  apparatus,  shall  suffer  or     appan 

537  permit    the   same    to   be  applied    to    private 

538  uses,  or  taken  beyond  the  limits  of  the  city, 

539  without  the  consent  of  the  fire  marshal,  or  in 

540  his  absence,  the  actingfire  marshal,  he  shall 

541  forfeit  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  Penalty. 

542  nor  more  than  twenty -five  dollars,  for  each  and 

543  every  such   offence,  besides  being  personally 

544  liable  for  all  damages. 

545  SEC.   27.     The   fire   marshal,  or  assistant  rower  to  Fire  ^ 

546  marshal  in  command,  or,  in  the  absence  of  the     Marshals,  dc. 

547  fire  marshal  and  of  all  the  assistant  marshals, 

548  the  Mayor,  or  two  alderman,  may  direct  the 

549  hook-and-ladder  men  to  cut  down  and  remove  TO  cut  down, 

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p£>U  any  building,  erection,  or  tence,  tor  the  pur-     up  building*, 
551  pose  of  checking  the  progress  of  any  fire  ;  and     tXC')  at 


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552  the  fire  marshal,  or  the   assistant  marshal  in 

553  command,  with  the  advice  and   concurrence  of 

554  two    members    of  the  common    council,  shall 

555  have  power  to  blow  up,  or  cause  to  be  blown 

556  up,  with  powder,  or  otherwise,  any  building  or 
5.37  erection  during  the  progress  of  the  fire,  for  the 
558  purpose  of  extinguishing  or  checking  the  same. 

*£*•  559       SEC.  28.     The  fire  marshal,  or  the  assistant 
prescribe  Hm-  560  marshal  in  command,  may  prescribe  limits  in 

561  the  vicinity  of  any  fhe,  within  which  no  per- 

562  son,  excepting  those  who  reside  therein,  mem- 

563  bers  of  the  fire  department,  and  those  admitted 

564  by  order  of  the  officers  of  the  fire  department,  or 

565  of  the  city,  shall  be  permitted  to  come. 
Persons  at  five    566       SEC.  29.     Every  person  not  a  fireman,  who 

to  obey  order*.  537  snau   De   present   at   a  fire,  shall  be  subject 

568  and  obedient  to  the  orders  of  the  fire  marshal 

569  and    the   assistant    marshals,,    in    extinguish- 

570  ing  the  fire  and  the  removal  and  protection  of 

571  property,  and  in  case  such  person  shall  refuse 
Penalty.           572  to  obey  such  orders,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
Proviso.            573  for  every  offence  the  sum  of  five  dollars:  Pro- 

574  vided,  That  no  such  person  shall  be  bound  to 

575  obey  any  of  said  officers,  unless  such  officers 

576  shall  bear  their  respective  badges  of    office, 

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bear  their  re-  oTT   or  their  official  character  shall   be  known  or 
j.  £^g  ma(]e  known   to  them;  and  all  such   officers 

579  shall  have  power  to  arrest  any  person,  or  per- 

580  sons,  so  refusing  to  obey  such  lawful  orders  as 
.    581  aforesaid,  and  hold  them  in  custody  until  after 

582  the  fire  is  extinguished,  when  we  or  they  shall  be 

583  taken  before  a  magistrate  to  be  dealt  with  ac- 

584  cording  to  law. 

ro    58'5       SEC.  30.     It  shall  be  lawfiil  for  the   fire 

586  marshal    and    the    assistant    marshals  to    re- 

587  quire  the  aid   of  any  drayman  with  his  horse 

588  and  dray,  driver  of  a  licensed  wagon,  with  his 
•r>SD  team  and  wagon,  or  any  citizen,  inhabitant,  or 
590  bystander,  in  drawing  or  conveying  any  engine 


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591.  or  other  fire  apparatus  to  the  fire,  and  in  work- 

592  ing  and  using  the  same  while  at  a  fire,  and  on 

593  the  refusal  or  neglect  of  any  person  to  comply 

594  with  such  requisition,  the  offender  shall  for  every  Penalty. 

595  default  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less 

596  than  one- dollar  nor  more  than  five  dollars. 

597  SEC.   31.     Any   person  who  shall  willfully  Hindering  nre- 

rno        <v  i'i  01  p  men,  injuring 

598  offer  any  hindrance  to   any  officer  or  fireman     apparatus,  **. 

599  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  at  at  a  fire,  or 

600  shall  willfully,  in  any  manner,  injure,  deface,  or 

601  destroy  any  engine,  or  fire  apparatus  belong- 

602  ing  to  the  City  of  Chicago,  shall  for  every  such 

603  offence  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  twenty-  Penalty. 

604  five  dollars,  and  shall  furthermore  be  liable  for 

605  all  damage  or  injury  done. 

606  SEC.  82.     During  the  time  of  a   fire,  and  po^|falF^d 

607  for  and  during  the  period  of  thirty-six  hours     Assistants  to 

608  after  its  extinction,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 

609  fire    marshal    and    the    assistant  marshal,  in 

610  any  part  of  the  city,  to  arrest  any  suspected 

611  person,   or   any   person    hindering,    resisting, 

612  conducting  in  a  noisy  and  disorderly  manner, 

613  or  refusingto  obey  any  such  officer  while  acting 

614  in    the  discharge  of  his  duty,  and,    as   soon 

615  as   their    duties    in    relation    to    the    extin- 

616  guishment  of  the  fire  will  permit,  take  such 

617  person  before  a  magistrate  to  be  dealt  with  ac- 

618  cording  to  law.     Said  officers  shall  be  sever- 

619  ally  vested  with  the  usual  powers  and  authority 

620  of  police  officers  to  command  all  persons  to 

621  assist  them  in  the  performance  of  such  duty. 

622  SEC.  33.      No  hose  carriage,  hook  and  lad-  Fire  apparatus, 

623  cler  carriage,  or  engine,  shall  be  drawn  faster     howdrawn- 

624  than  a  walk,  on  its  return  from  a  fire  or  an 

625  alarm  of  fire,  nor  shall  any  such  carriage  or 

626  engine  be  drawn  on  any  sidewalk  opposite  a 

627  paved  or  planked  street,   nor  shall   any  such 
U2K  carriage  or  engine  be  drawn  to  a  fire,   or  an 
629  alarm   of  fire,  in   a  manner  calculated  to  en- 


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danger  the  safety  of  persons  or  property  in  the 
streets  or  alleys  of  said  city,  under  the 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the 
person,  or  persons,  committing  the  offence. 

SEC.  34.  No  person  shall  go  over  any  un- 
protected hose  of  the  fire  department  of  the 
City  of  Chicago,  when  laid  down  to  be  used 
at  any  fire,  or  alarm  of  fire,  with  any  vehicle, 
without  first  obtaining  the  consent  of  the  mar- 
shal, or  asssistant  marshal  in  command,  under 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  one.  hundred  dollars,  and  the  fire  marshal 
shall  procure,  and  cause  to  be  carried  with  each 
hose  cart  at  every  alarm  of  fire,  efficient  protec- 
tors of  said  hose,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  laid 
dowrn  with  said  hose,  when  said  hose  is  laid  on 
any  street,  in  such  manner  as  to  protect  said 
hose  from  injury  when  vehicles  go  over  the 
same ;  and  he  shall  also  cause  all  such  hose  to  be 
taken  up  from  the  streets,  as  soon  as  it  is  no 
longer  needed  to  be  so  laid  for  use. 

SEC.  35.  Whenever  it  shall  become  neces- 
sary for  the  preservation  of  property  from  fire, 
or  to  remove  property  to  prevent  the  spreading 
of  fire,  or  to  protect  adjoining  property  from 
from  fire,  the  fire  marshal  is  hereby  authorized 
to  cause  the  removal  of  such  property  as  may 
be  necessary. — October  23,  1865. 

CHAP,  xxxn,  SEC.  1.  It  shall  be  unl awful 
for  any  person,  persons,  or  corporations,  to 
store,  or  keep  for  sale  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  City  of  Chicago,  any  crude  pe- 
troleum, gasoline,  naptha,  benzine,  campherie, 
spirit  gas,  burning  fluid,  or  spirits  of  turpen- 
tine, exceeding  a  quantity  of  five  barrels  of 
forty-five  gallons  each ;  and  it  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful to  keep  for  sale  or  on  storage,  any  refined 
carbon  oil,  kerosene,  or  other  products,  for 


City  of  Chicago.  2 1 

769  illuminating  purposes,  of  coal,  rock,  or  earth 

770  oils,  excepting  such  refined  oil,  as  will  stand  a 

771  fire  test  of  one  hundred  degrees  of  Fahrenheit,  Fir*  Test 

772  according  to  the  method  and  directions  of  John 

773  Tagliabue;  and  it  shall  not  bj  lawful  to  keep 

774  any  quantity  of  said   articles   exceeding   one 

775  barrel  of  forty-five  gallons  in  any  part  of  a 

776  building,  excepting  a  cellar,  the  floor  of  which 

777  shall  be  five  feet  below  the  grade  of  the  adja- 

778  cent  streets;  and  no  crude  petroleum,  gasoline,  ( '  5^';! J  |l0r" 

779  naptha,  benzine,  carbon  oil,  camphene,   spirit     '*-  stored  on 

rro,  *       ,    '        .  n'.!  .  '.  f.  the  side.  walk. 

<oU  gas,    burning  liuid,  or  spirits  of    turpentine, 

781  shall  be  kept,  or  stored,  in  front  of  any  build- 

782  ing  on  any  street,  alley,  wharf,  lot  or  sidewalk, 

783  for  a  longer  time  than  is  sufficient  to  receive 

784  in  store,  or  in  delivering  the  same:    Provided, 

785  such  time  shall  not  exceed  six  hours. 

786  CHAP.  xxxur  SEC.  2.      Any  person,    per- 

787  sons,  or  corporation,  having  within  the  city  a 

788  fire-proof  warehouse   detatched  and   clear    of 

789  other  buildings,  and  at  least  fifty  feet  distant, 

790  and  exclusively  used  for  the  storage  of  such 

791  articles  as  are  named  in  this  chapter,  and  prop- 

792  erly  ventilated  for  that  purpose,  having  beneath 

793  its  ground  floor  an  open  space  or  cellar,  three  feet 

794  or   more    in  depth  below  the  surface  of  the 

795  adjacent  ground,  on  procuring  the  approval,  in 

796  writing,  of  the  fire  marshal,  may  apply  to  the 

797  common  council  of  this  city  for  a  permit  to 

798  use  said  warehouse  exclusively  for  said  pur- 

799  pose;  and   if  the  common    council,   with   the 

800  consent  of  the  Mayor,  shall  grant  such  permit, 

801  then  while  the  same  shall  remain  in  force,  said 

802  parties  using  said  warehouse  shall  not  be  sub- 

803  ject  to  the  foregoing  section  of  this  chapter. 


22  Fire  Ordinances  of  the 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  provide,  for  the  care  and 
•',-: t  of  the  Police  <uxl  Fire  Telegraph^ 
t>if  the  Common  Council,  Mai/  *l{Mh, 


804  SKOTION  1.     Beit  ordfiined  /»/  the  Common 

805  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago':  That  should 

Penalty  tor  giv-    OAP  ''     •  1-1 

ing  faiso        806  any  person,   or    persons,  knowingly   give,    or 

807  cause  to  be  given,  any  false  alarm  of  fire,  by 

808  means  of  the  telegraph  boxes  connected  with 
'    809  the  police  and  fire  alarm  telegraph,  such  per- 

810  son,  or  persons,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 

811  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  nor  more  than  one 

812  hundred  dollars,  to  be  recovered  as  other  fines 

813  are  recoverable. 

814  SEC.  2.     And  be  it  ordained:    That  should 

815  any  person,  or  persons,  make,  or  cause  to  be 
penalty  for  ma-  816  made  any  key  or  keys  of  an  v  fire  engine,  hose, 

king  false          o-,  *  ,-     i  *  r  i  ".    i 

keys.  817  truck  house,  or  fire  alarm   telegraph  box,  or 

818  use,  or  cause  to  be  used,  the  same,  except  the 

819  Mayor,   Board  of  Police,    Board    of   Public 

820  Works,  and  Chief  Fire  Marshal,  without  the 

821  consent  of  the  proper  authority,  such  person, 

822  or  persons,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not 

823  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  recovered 

824  as  other  fines  are  recoverable. 

825  SEC.  3.     That  all  persons  whatsoever,  except 

826  the  duly  authorized  agents,  or  officers  of  the 
Peting  w£Lcut"  82?  Board  of  Police,  are  hereby  forbidden  to  cut 

828  or     remove,     or      in     any    way     alter      or 

829  interfere  with  any  fire  alarm,  police,  water,  or 

830  other  telegraph  wire  belonging  to  the  City  of 

831  Chicago;  and  any  person  violating  this  section 

832  shall  be  subject  "to  a  penalty  of  "fifty  dollars, 

833  to  be  recovered  as  other  fines  for  the  violation 

834  of  city  ordinances  are  recoverable. 

835  SEC.  4.     This  ordinance  shall   be  in  force 

836  and  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage  and 

837  due  publication. 


City  of  Chicago.  23 


AN  ACT  supplementary  to  "  A??  Act  to  reduce  the 
Charter  of  the  City  of  Chicago,  and  the  several 
acts  amendatory  thereof,  into  one  act,  and  to  re- 
vise the  same,"  aqproved  February  13fA,  1863, 
and  the  several  amendments  thereto. 

838  CHAP,  in,   SEC.  9.     The  Board  of   Police 

839  are  hereby  empowered  to  regulate  the   con- 

840  struction  of  chimneys,  and  to  compel  the  clean-  Board  of  Pol}ce 

841  ing  thereof;    to  prevent  the  setting  up  or  con-     authority  of, ' 

842  struction  of  boilers,  stoves,    ovens,  or   other 

843  things  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be  dangerous; 

844  to    prohibit   the    deposit  of  ashes    in   unsafe 

845  places  ;  to  regulate  the  carrying  on  of  manu- 

846  factories  dangerous  in  causing  or  promoting 

847  fires ;  to  regulate   or  prohibit   the  sale  or  use 

848  of  fireworks  in  said  city  ;    to  raze  or  demolish 

849  any   building,   wall,    or   erection,    which    by 

850  reason  of  fire  or  any  other  cause,  may  become 

851  dangerous  to  human  life  or  health,  or  tend  to 

852  extend  a  conflagration. 

[Approved  March  9*7*,  1867.] 


AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act  supplementary  to  "An 
Act  to  reduce  the  Charter  of  Chicago,  and  the 
several  acts  amendatory  thereof,  into  one  act,  and 
to  revise  the  same,'"  approved  February  \&th. 
1863,  and  the  several  amendments  thereto,  ap- 
proved March  9th,  1867. 

853  SECTION    8.      Any   person    or   corporation 

854  being  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building 

855  or  premises  within   the  City  of  Chicago,  who 

856  shall   violate  any   regulation  or  order  of  the 

857  Board  of  Police,  wrhich  may  be  made  by  said 

858  Board  in  conformity  with  the  powers  conferred 

859  upon  said  Board  by  section  nine  (9),  chapter 

860  three  (3),  of  an  act  supplementary  to   an   act 


24  Fire  Ordinances. 


861  to  reduce  the  charter  of  the  City  of  Chicago, 

862  and  the  several   acts  amenditory  thereof  into 

863  one  act,  and  revise  the  same,  approved  Febru- 

864  ary  13th,  1863,  and  the  several   amendments 

865  thereto,   approved  March  9th,  1867  ;   or  who 

866  shall  fail  to  comply  to  [with]  any  regulation  or 

867  order  of  said   Board  directing  such   person  or 

868  corporation  to  raze,  demolish,  remove,  change, 

869  or  make   safe   any  building,  wall,  or  erection, 

870  or  any  part  thereof,  which  by  reason  of  fire,  lack 

871  of  sufficient  number  of  props,  stairways,  doors, 

872  landings,  passage-ways,  or  other  things  neces- 

873  sary;  or  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board 

874  may  by  any  possible  contigency  become  nec- 

875  essary  to  insure  safety  to  the  occupants,  or  to- 

876  the  life  or  health  of  the  people  in  the  vicinity 

877  thereof,  shall  be   subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less 

878  than  five  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hun- 

879  dred  dollars  for  each  day  after  being  notified 

880  of  such  regulation  or  order,   such  person,  or 

881  corporation  shall  fail  to  comply  with  such  reg- 

882  ulation  or  order  of  said  Board. 

[Approved  March  15,  1869.] 


INDEX. 


A. 

Commencing  Page. 
Line. 

Ammunition,  manufacture  of 223  9 

Appraising  buildings  to  be  removed 234  9 

Appraisal,  how  made 239  9 

Advertising,  cost  of 254  9 

Ashes,  depositories  of 300  11 

Appraisal  expenses  of,  how  paid 313  11 

Ashes,  how  to  be  kept 406  14 

Assistant  fire  marshals 545  17 

Arrests,  by  fire  marshal  and  assistants 578  18 

Apparatus — fire — how  drawn 622  19 

Advertising  for  admission  to  fire  limits 83  5 


B. 


Building  permits 56  4 

Board  of  Public  Works  to  certify  to  and  file  with  City 

Clerk,  plat  of  block  to  be  included  in  fire  limits 79  5 

Buildings,  construction  of 97  5 

Buildings,  material  to  be  used 101  5 

Barns 115  6 

Brick  piers,  iron  or  wooden  columns,  where  to  be  placed .  141  6 

Bay  windows 172  7 

Buildings  not  to  be  occupied  for  certain  kinds  of  business . .  193  8 

Burning  of  hay,  straw,  &c 495  16 

Board  of  Police,  authority  of 838  23 

Buildings  to  be  destroyed  by  Fire  Marshal 549  17 

Badges  to  be  worn  by  Officers 576  18 

Buildings  to  be  moved  must  be  appraised 234  9 


26  Index. 


c. 

Commencing    Page. 
Line. 

City  Clerk  to  give  notice  by  advertising  of  any  block 

admitted  in  fire  limits jyj  ^ 

Construction  of  buildings • J' 

Columns  of  iron  or  wood,  where  to  be  placed iji 

Construction  of  walls,  manner  of v& 

Cornices ~g 

Chimneys 99o  q 

Coal  Oil,  manufacture  of g~ 

Cost  of  advertising,  how  paid ~'£*          '* 

Chimneys  for  steam  works *•" 

Cellar  doors,  hatchways,  &c £* '          «A 

Combustible  articles,  storage  of <?»          ™ 

Cutting  telegraph  wires,  penalty  of ™? 

Candles  and  lamps,  use  of ^" 

Candles,  lighted J°? 

Chimneys,  construction  of 


D. 

Dwelling  houses ........ ;-.-•••; ............. "  " ...... Hq 

Damaged  buildings,  repairing  of..... .................. *>»  » 

Damage  to  buildings,  how  ascertained .................. £U4 

Definition  of  the  term  "  shed" ......................... ^ 

Depositories  for  ashes ................................. du 


E. 


F. 


Excelsior,  manufacture  or  storage  of  ....................  223 

Enlarging  wooden  buildings  ...........................  ^  ? 

Enforcement  of  ordinance  .............................  ^          |y 

Expenses  of  appraisal,  how  paid  .......................  ^ 

Extension  of  fire  limits,  proceedings  of  .................  » 


Fire  limits,  South  Division  ............................     1 

Fire  limits,  West  Division.  .  ...........................  g  » 

Fire  limits,  North  Division  ............................  ™ 

Fee  for  building  permit  ...............................  j> 

Fire  limits—  proceedings  to  extend  .....................  « 

Faced  walls,  thickness  of  backing  to  ...................  W 


Index.  2  7 


Commencing  Pago. 
Line. 

French  roofs 186  8 

Fire  proof  vaults,  to  be  built  for  receiving  and  burning 

shavings,  &c 205  8 

Fireworks,  manufacture  of 223  9 

Fire  in  stoves,  not  to  be  kept  in  rooms  containing  com- 
bustible material 267  13 

Fire,  carrying  in  the  street 400  14 

Fire  test  of  oils,  -fee 770  21 

False  alarm,  penalty  for  804  22 

Fire  apparatus,   misuse  of 535  17 

Fire  marshal,  powers  of 545  17 

Fire  marshal  may  require  aid 585  18 


H. 

Heading  courses 153  7 

Hay  stacks 483  16 

Hay,  straw,  &c,  where  to  be  burned 495  16 

Hatchways,  cellar  doors,  &c 517  17 

Hindering  firemen  on  duty 597  18 

Hose,  how  crossed,  protected  and  taken  up 735  20 


I. 

Injuring  fire  apparatus  ....................   ...........  600          19 


"  Lot  lines  "  defined  ...................................  52  4 

Lamps  and  candles,  use  of  .............................  361  13 

Lumber  Yards  .......................................  509  16 

Limits  at  fire  to  be  prescribed  by  fire  marshal  ...........  559  18 

Lighted  candles  .......................................  386  13 


M. 

Material  to  be  used  for  buildings 101  5 

Material  to  be  used  for  roofs 180  7 

Mansard  roof ..  ..186  8 


2  8  Index. 


Commencing  Page. 
Line. 

Moving  wooden  buildings 234  9 

257  9 

Misuse  of  fire  apparatus ->J5  17 

Manufacture  of  ammunition 223  9 

Manufacture  of  coal  oil 223  9 

Manufacture  of  excelsior 223  9 

Manufacture  of  fireworks 223  9 

Manufacture  of  naptlia 223  9 

Manner  of  constructing  walls 149  7 


ST. 

North  Division,  fire  limits 43  4 

Naptha,  manufacture  of 223  9 

Notice  of  intention  to  move  to  be  published 242  9 

Nuisance,  (wooden  buildings)  how  abated 343  12 


o. 

Outside  walls,  thickness  of,  in  absence  of  partitions  or 

columns 144  7 

Old  ordinance,  sections  repealed 271  10 

Ordinance,  by  whom  enforced 284  10 

Oils,  fire  test  of 770  21 

Orders  of  fire  marshal  to  be  obeyed 566  18 

Officers  at  fire  to  wear  badges 574  18 

Old  ordinance,  re-enactment  of  section  21  of 278  10 

Ordinance,  enforcement  of 289  10 


P. 

Permits  for  buildings  to  be  obtained  from  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Works 56  4 

Permits,  fee  for  issuing  of 59  4 

Proceedings  to  extend  fire  limits 62  4 

Plat  representing  block  to  be  included  in  to  fire  limits  to 

be  submitted  to  Board  of  Public  Works 66  5 

Partition  walls,  how  thick 131  6 

Proceedings  to  remove  buildings 234  9 

Penalties ..280  10 


Index.  29 


Commencing  Pago. 
Lino. 

Privies 291  11 

Police,  see  Board  of 838  23 

Power  of  lire  marshal 545  17 

Persons  not  firemen  to  obey  orders  of  fire  marshal 5(56  18 


K. 

Roof,  walls  to  extend  above 113  6 

Roofs,  material  to  be  used 180  7 

Roofs,  French,  or  Mansard 186  8 

Raising  wooden  buildings 230  9 

Repairing  wooden  buildings 230  9 

Remonstrance  against  moving  buildings 249  9 

Repairing  damaged  buildings, . .  ? 259  9 

Raising  to  grade 262  10 

Restriction  on  storage  of  combustible  articles 759  20 

Re-enactment  of  section  21,  old  ordinance 278  10 


South  Division,  fire  limits 1  5 

Sills,  building  on  wooden 123  6 

Shavings,  sawdust,  &c.,  how  to  dispose  of 212 

Sections  of  old  ordinance  repealed 271  10- 

Sheds  and  privies 291  11 

Shed,  definition  of 297  11 

Stove  pipe  to  be  conducted  into  brick  chimney 351  12 

Shavings,  &c.  not  allowed  to  accumulate 373 

Stoves  'in  shops,  how  to  be  protected 382  13 

Shops 373  13 

Shavings  not  to  be  scattered  on  street 392  13 

Stove  pipes 382 

Sta  :king  hay,  straw,  &c 483  16 

Storage  of  combustible  articles 778  21 

T. 

Thickness  of  walls {  {^l  6 

Thickness  of  partition  walls 133 

Thickness  of  outside  walls  where  partitions  or  columns 

are  not  used 144  7 


3O  Index. 


Commencing  Line. 
Page. 

u, 

Use  of  lamps  and  candles 301  13 

w. 

West  Division,  fire  limits 15  o 

Walls,  how  thick 105  (> 

Walls  to  extend  above  roof 113  <> 

Wooden  sills 123  (\ 

Walls,  partition 131  6 

Walls,  thickness  of 105  6 

Walls,  outside,  how  thick  in  absence  of  partitions  or 

columns 144 

Walls,  manner  of  constructing 149  7 

Wooden  buildings 230  9 

Wooden  buildings  not  to  be  moved  in  fire  limits 257  9 

Wooden  buildings  to  be  deemed  a  nuisance 338  12 

Warehouses,  fire-proof 786  21 

Wire,  of  alarm,  police,  water,  or  other  telegraph,  not  to 

be  interfered  with  . .                                                   .  .825  22 


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